#DEDD43#DEDD43

#DEDD43 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.168 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDD43
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 67)
HSL	hsl(60, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 69.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.83, -17.29, 71.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.83, 73.51, 103.60°)
OKLab	oklab(87.19% -0.0548 0.1585)
OKLCH	oklch(87.19% 0.168 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.9958, 67.6495, 15.3644)
Luminance	0.6765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDD43 #4344DE

analogous

#DE9043 #DEDD43 #92DE43

triadic

#DEDD43 #43DEDD #DD43DE

tetradic

#DEDD43 #43DE90 #4344DE #DE4392

square

#DEDD43 #43DE90 #4344DE #DE4392

split-complementary

#DEDD43 #4392DE #9043DE

monochromatic

#8E8D19 #C2C122 #DEDD43 #E7E677 #F0F0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DEDD43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.53

#DEDD43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDD43

14.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDD43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDD43	1.00	1.45	14.53	14.53
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD428

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1D94E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EECFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedd43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.168 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece781',
    500: '#dedd43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedd43;
$custom-light: #ece781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedd43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.613,
    "s": 70.136,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87191,
    "c": 0.16772,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDD43

secondary

#323393

accent

#3CED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDD43

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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